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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Relocating to another country is a dream come true for many people, yet when the language is a nightmare it can be a major deterrent. But a 36-year-old former gardener from California who flunked Spanish language at high school embraced his fate when a short-term stay on the island

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: why going on vacation could be better than using eye cream, how a hippopotamus became the internet’s hottest influencer, and how a cruise ship purchase on Craigslist became a sinking dream. Healthy holidays It’s no secret that going on a trip is fun. But

By Hannah Seligson, CNN (CNN) — Tell someone you’re going to Greece, and you’ll probably be asked “which Island are you visiting?” It’s an understandable knee-jerk response since many travelers spend little or no time on the mainland. But tourists with eyes only for the Aegean islands are missing out. Specifically, on Costa Navarino, a

By Freya Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Applying makeup is a powerful ritual, deeply ingrained into our souls. Many little girls (or boys) have a story about the first time they dared to swipe their mother’s red lipstick across their lips or brush blue eyeshadow onto their eyelids. In Ancient Egypt, makeup was believed to appeal

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — In late 1965, at what’s now London Heathrow airport, a commercial flight coming from Paris made history by being the first to land automatically. The plane – A Trident 1C operated by BEA, which would later become British Airways – was equipped with a newly developed extension of the

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — CNN’s coverage of the 1980 US presidential election, broadcast just five months after the network’s launch, featured the analog predecessor of its now-essential election night prop: the “Magic Wall” electoral map. Visible behind a dedicated Election Desk at CNN’s Atlanta studio, the technology was far from magical (at one

By Alex Stambaugh and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. The fluffy Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble the country’s beloved national animal were seen in a video shot by a visitor to the zoo in southern Guangdong province. The

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get. On Sunday, we enter our second and final equinox of 2024. If you reside in the Northern

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — JFK and Boston Logan airports will soon be home to JetBlue’s first airport lounges, the carrier announced Thursday. The airline’s first-ever airport lounge is expected to open at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 5 in late 2025, followed “soon after” by a lounge at Boston Logan

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — For most people, dinner on a cruise ship is a time to relax. But when influencer couple Abby and Matt Howard decided to kick back with a dinner à deux, they ended up kicking up a storm. The Arizona couple, who have 5.3 million followers on Tiktok, as well

Essay by Barry Neild, CNN (CNN) — I get that you all love coffee. I get that you think it tastes delicious and that the day only begins after your first cup. It’s a hug in a mug! It’s coffee o’clock! I get that some people enjoy it so much they’re willing to splash at